It is intended to bring forward Lord Fitzallan, son of
the Earl of Surry, and grandson of the Duke of Norfolk, as a candidate for the representation of the borough of Sheffield at the next election, in op- position to Mr. Buckingham.— West Riding Herald. [A private letter from Sheffield informs us, that nobody in that town has heard of the " intention."] Captain Scobell, R.N., of High Littleton, is announced as a candi- date for Bath, " in the event of a vacancy,"—which means, in case
Mr. Roebuck should not recover his health. The numerous candidates for Bath will, we trust, be disappointed. It would not be easy to supply the place Mr. Roebuck has now taken for himself in the House of Commons. We are happy to see it stated in a Bath paper that he is better.
It is reported by persons who profess to be in the secret, that .Mr. Bramston will not again come forward forEssex, in the case of a disso- lution, without a positive guarantee that he shall be returned free from all expense.—Colchester Gazette.
Mr. William Surtees, a nephew of Lord Eldon, is to be the Tory candidate for Peterborough at the next election ; without, we shopld imagine, the slightest prospect of success. The Fitzwilliam interest has not been broken down in Peterborough.
Dr. Lee has announced his intention of coming forward as acandidate for the representation of Aylesbury at the next election.—Backs Herald.
Mr. Barham, M.P. for Kendal, is so unwell, that the Kendal Mer- cury says there is no prospect of his being able to resume his Parlia- mentary duties.
The address of Sir William Molesworth, announcing to the electors of East Cornwall his intention of withdrawing from the representation of that division of their county, appears to have annoyed the "timid Whigs." Sir John Rashleigb, of Prideuux, considers that be is espe- cially aimed at in that part of Sir William Molesworth's letter which refers to the hostility of the Whigs to Peerage Reform, and their consequent refusal to support him as its advocate ; and Sir John 'has addressed the following letter to the electors in his own justification.
"TO THE ELECTORS OF THE EASTERN DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL.
" Prideaus, 10th September'1106. "Gentlemen—Sir William Molesworth's address to you, which has this ssosteut reached my hands, imposes on me a painful but necessary task. "As to the greater portion of his address, however, though it embraces questions and topics of the highest interest,—as to his strictures on the conduct and, I regret to say, the motives of those gentlemen of whose • desertiou' he complains,—as to the tune and temper which pervades his address.—the test and pledge which he recommends you to exact from his successor.—and the obvious tendency, and 1 believe I may add the certain effect, of that dictntion,—as to all these matters, for the present at least, fur good and sufficient reasons. I forbear from troubling you with a single observation. " But there is one passage in his address which, as I knew it to have been levelled at myself, I feel compelled without a moment's delay to notice. After saying that the 'Whig gentry of our county had gradually become more and more lukewarm in their support of him, and that they had now given such intimations of their inten- tions as can only lead him to count on their influence being actively used to prevent his return,' he goes on to say that • this intimation on the part of some of them is stated to be grounded on his avowal that he is resolved to support a reform of the House of Lords.' Now, from a correspondence which pissed ins November In% between the honourable Baronet and myself; it is impossible for me not to conclude that I am point- edly, if not exeusively, aimed at in this passage. In justice, therefore, to myself, I shall—so soon as I shall be at liberty to do so —publi=h that correspondence. You. gen- tlemen. And the public, will then understand my motives and reasons for the ' intima- tion' above alluded to you will observe the terms iu which it was communicated, and the manner in which it was received. and be enabled to pulp for yourselves whether the 'fears' which, together with the other 'timid and irresolute Whigs' of our county, the honourable Baronet imputes to me, were irrational and ithfounded; and wheat,' dfor this is my principal anxiety), for any thing which I have dune in this matter, I eserve to lose that confidence in my cunsis'tncy and integrity as a public rassimith which, fur thirty years of my 4,1'41 flatter mysell I have been honoured. " In the meant time, gentlemen, permit me to assure you that 1 am, as I trust I have ever proved myself, your sincere friend and faithful servant, "JollIC COLMAN RASITLEI011.9
No doubt, Sir John Rashleigh will receive permission to publish the correspondence alluded to; which will, we suppose, contain excel- lent Whig reasons for continuing to the Peers the irresponsible power to stop the progress of political improvement, but will scarcely remove the formidable symptom of Whig-Radical disunion indicated by the refusal of th... Whigs to support Sir William Molesworth.
The Liberals of East Cornwall have sent a requisition to Sir Hussey Vivian to become their candidate in place of Sir William Molesworth at the next election. The name of Sir John Rashleigh stands at the head of the requisition. The electors of the hundred of Trigg have replied to Sir William Molesworth's address in terms of admiration and gratitude for his services, and assuring him that he is still the Member for the people of Cornwall. At the same time, they fully acquiesce in his reasons for retiring. The Tories talk of Lord Eliot for their candidate.
The Radicals of Leeds are thinking of calling upon Sir William Molesworth to become their candidate at the next election; when it is understood Mr. Baines will retire.
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